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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. 2nd ed. Small Craft Advisory is an enchanting book about Louis Rubins obsession with boats and his years of often hilarious boating adventures.When Louis Rubin was thirteen, he built a leaky little boat and paddled it out to the edge of the ship channel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he felt the inexorable pull of the water. Fifty years and dozens of boats latersailboats, powerboats, inboards and outboardsthe pull is as strong as ever.In the tradition established by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, and Herman Melville, distinguished author and scholar Louis Rubin explores mans longtime passion for boats. He examines the compulsion that has prompted him and hundreds of thousands of other non-nautical persons to spend so much time, and no small portion of their incomes, on watercraft that they can use only infrequently.As his new boat (a cabin cruiser made of wood on a workboat hull) is being built, Rubin tells of his past boats and numerous boating disasters and draws a poignant comparison between his two passions: watercraft and the craft of writing.Anyone who has ever bought and owned a boator wondered why people are obsessed by themwill love this amusing, evocative, beautifully crafted memoir by an inveterate boat-owner. Seller Inventory # DADAX0871135337
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Book Description Condition: New. In this volume, the author explores his obsession with boats, and describes his years of often hilarious boating adventures. Num Pages: 394 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WD; WF; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. . 1994. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780871135339
Book Description Condition: New. In this volume, the author explores his obsession with boats, and describes his years of often hilarious boating adventures. Num Pages: 394 pages, maps. BIC Classification: WD; WF; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. . 1994. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780871135339
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Small Craft Advisory is an enchanting book about Louis Rubin's obsession with boats and his years of often hilarious boating adventures. When Louis Rubin was thirteen, he built a leaky little boat and paddled it out to the edge of the ship channel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he felt the inexorable pull of the water. Fifty years and dozens of boats later--sailboats, powerboats, inboards and outboards--the pull is as strong as ever. In the tradition established by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, and Herman Melville, distinguished author and scholar Louis Rubin explores man's longtime passion for boats. He examines the compulsion that has prompted him and hundreds of thousands of other non-nautical persons to spend so much time, and no small portion of their incomes, on watercraft that they can use only infrequently. As his new boat (a cabin cruiser made of wood on a workboat hull) is being built, Rubin tells of his past boats and numerous boating disasters and draws a poignant comparison between his two passions: watercraft and the craft of writing. Anyone who has ever bought and owned a boat--or wondered why people are obsessed by them--will love this amusing, evocative, beautifully crafted memoir by an inveterate boat-owner. Anyone who has ever bought and owned a boat — or wondered why people are obsessed by them — will love this amusing, evocative, beautifully crafted memoir by an inveterate boat-owner. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780871135339
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